| MEDIA
FORMATS |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| DVD |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| VCD |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| DVD/VCD
files on hard disk |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Super
VCD |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| cdDVD
/ cDVD / miniDVD |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MPEG
files |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| BMP/JPG/GIF
slide show |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| MP3
files |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Audio
CD (.CDA) |
YES |
IMPLEMENTATION
PROBLEM |
YES |
| DivX |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| WMV |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| WMA |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| .AVI |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| .DAT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| .VRO/.VOB |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| QuickTime |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| VIDEO
FEATURES |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Microsoft
DirectX Va support. |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
- Subtitles support with DirectX Va enabled. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Adaptive
deinterlacing. |
YES |
IMPLEMENTATION
PROBLEM |
NO |
| NVIDIA
Hardware accelerated adaptive deinterlacing. |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| NVIDIA
Hardware accelerated adaptive deinterlacing with VMR. |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| AUDIO
FEATURES |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Dolby
Digital 5.1 (6 Channel) decode |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Dolby
Digital 2 Channel decode |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Dolby
Headphone support. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| DTS
decode. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Pitch
shift for time stretching. |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Dolby
Surround EX. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Dolby
Pro Logic II / Channel Expansion. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| SRS
TruSurround XT. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| SRS
TruBass. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| SRS
Dialog Clarity. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Dolby
Virtual Speaker. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| FULL
SCREEN PLAYER FEATURES |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Fullscreen
GUI docked to lower screen |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| ADDITIONAL
PLAYER FEATURES |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| PaL
4% slower rate correction during time stretching |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| Mouse
scroll usage. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| PLAYLIST
SUPPORT |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Integrated
playlist view. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| List
view for all playlists. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Add
all files from a directory |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Support
for image files, with slideshow option. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
|
- Supports playing background music during slideshow |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Report
view with file tags (title, artist, album, etc) |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Optional
display of all ID3v1 file tags. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Optional
display of ID3v2 file tags. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Reorder
columns with header drag and drop. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Sort
by any column (title, artist, etc) |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Repeat
all or selected files in playlist. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Selectively
enable/disable files in playlist. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Play
order selection: shuffle or normal mode |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Playlist
generated from CD drive. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Audio
CD play from playlist. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Audio
CD shuffle play. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| BOOKMARKS
/ SCENE SHARE |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Export/import |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Scene
share (email bookmark directly to friend |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| Bookmark
repeat. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| ZOOM
AND PAN |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Cursor
drag on video window to zoom. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| TV
overscan correction (Zoom out control). |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| FRAME
CAPTURE |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Frame
capture when using hardware acceleration. |
NO |
YES |
NO |
| Frame
capture page: |
NO |
YES |
NO |
|
- Thumbnails of captured frames. |
NO |
YES |
NO |
|
- Button to delete captured frames. |
NO |
YES |
NO |
|
- Email captured frame. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| Set
captured frame as Windows desktop background. |
NO |
NO |
IMPLEMENTATION
PROBLEM |
| Save
captured frame in clipboard. |
NO |
NO |
YES |
| Save
captured frame as JPG or BMP. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| AUDIO
CAPTURE |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Audio
capture 30 seconds of movie (2 channel mode only) |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- ability to select directory for saved files. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- Button for start and stop of capture. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- List of captured audio files. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- Playback of selected audio file. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- Button to delete selected audio file. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- Button to open selected file with assoc. application. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
|
- assign as windows sound. |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| AUDIO
CALIBRATE |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Audio
calibration page. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
|
- Pink noise test. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
|
- dB boost per channel. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
|
- Center channel delay. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
|
- Surround channel delay. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| KARAOKE |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Karaoke
song title display. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Full
range vocal level and positioning. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| COLOR
CONTROLS |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| SMTPE
Color Calibration tools |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Predefined
color settings (warm, cool) |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| LOCALIZATION |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| ability
to change language by changing Windows region. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| INDICATORS |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Current
media audio format indicator |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Consumer
friendly Dolby Digital active channel indicator. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Current
playback mode (playing, stopped, paused, etc). |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Toolbar
current camera angle. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| Toolbar
current subtitle. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| Toolbar
current audio track. |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| INFORMATION |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Graphical
bitrate indicators for audio and video. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
| TOOLS |
NVDVD
2 OEM |
WinDVD
4 OEM |
PowerDVD
4 OEM |
| Debug
control and console output available to OEMs. |
ONLY
NVIDIA |
NO |
NO |
